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I don't know why, but I am now convinced that Ohtani wanted to sign with the Padres and then the Angels made a better offer and stole him away.

obviously the Angels made a better offer.. they had more international money to spend 8X's more -- Pads could only offer $300K (their limit due to destroying their Int'l pool money 2 summers ago and thus being penalized for it)..

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Nobody in this fan base has enjoyed the end results of a lot of Padres related seasons and offseason acquisition attempts but none of that makes Jake Peavy's San Diego years as pedestrian as you were making it sound just because absolute zero makes your cynicism sound even "better" than one gem in a sea of failures does.

A week ago I was impressed with the talent in our farm system and excited about the Padres' future even while realizing that we're probably not going to win for at least a couple more years.

The Ohtani story hasn't changed that. Yeah, it was a fun fantasy while it lasted, but it's not like our future hinged on the outcome.

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Just tired of being a fan of San Diego teams for 40 years and always sucking. My son is already an Angel fan

Nobody in this fan base has enjoyed the end results of a lot of Padres related seasons and offseason acquisition attempts but none of that makes Jake Peavy's San Diego years as pedestrian as you were making it sound just because absolute zero makes your cynicism sound even "better" than one gem in a sea of failures does.